The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-31
BOOSTING HIGH.
Family of HoOsier Republicans Fixed
In Fat Offices at Washington.
Washington Special to Courier-Journal

Washington Special to Courier-Journsl
Four of the Woods family are snugly
tucked away in nice little positions in the
departments here, while the father, Jim
Woods. who will be remembered as the
renegade Democrat who stumped Indiana
for Garfield, has good place in the Rspub.
lican Senate (thank the Lord, it will not
last long,, and a relative of Woods is occu-
plying place in the railway mail service
all the reward Of treachery to the Demo
cratic party. These facts have been here
tofore noticed, but they have never ceased
to be a thorn in the flesh of the Democrat
&c party of Warrick county, Ind, and for
this reason the Democrats of that county
do not propose to rest until they have
ousted every mothers son Of them,
and put good Democrats in their
places. With this object in view there has
recently been forwarded from that county
an indignant protest signed by Hon. Beno-
nj S. Fuller, ex-member of Congress from
that district, and the Chairman and Off.
GERS of the Warrick County Democratic
Central Committee, and other Democrats
of that county of good standing and influ-
ence. The protest states that the Woods
family are provided for as follows: James
Woods in the Senate: John Woods, in the
Pension Office; Robert Woods, in the
Treasury; Lily Woods, i n the Treasury,
and Robert Slaughter, a relative, in the
railway mail service. The protest states
that after Jim Woods had apostalized from
the Democratic faith, that he canvassed the
State for Porter, the Republican candidate
for Governor of Indiana, and then went to
New York, where he continued his slang
learned in the mines, making speeches of
The worst and most foul mouIhed parti-
ssnism ever uttered against Democratic
principles. 1t further states that every
member of the family have been bitter
baters OF the Democratic cause in Warrick
County; that they own the Stand ard,
bitter Republican sheet, published at
Boonvilie, which teens with de-
nunciations OF the Administration,
using such expressions as Gal
dent; and that the paper is edited by James
Woods, Jr. During the last election Jim
Woods went over the county scattering
Doodle for the election of the Republican
ticket. John and Robert Woods, with the
exception of the last election, have been al
Boonville acting as challeHgers, and by
their rude and bois.erous ways disguised
all good people. The Democrats of War
rick County made gallant fight in 1884.
and carried the county by 400 majority,
and the county has always been solidly
Democratic, bat at the last election the
Democrats were 80 disguised with the con-
tiruance OF this family in Office as a re-
ward fer their tIeachery to the Democratic
psrty, that the Republicans carried every
thing from Congressman down. The Demo
Gratis refused to vote, and many Of them
voted the Republican ticket. The petition
adds, that unless something is done to re-
siere confidence, this demoralized state OF
affairs in the party Will continue, and they
demand that the Woods family shall 90.
The protest is in the hands OF Col. E. B
Henderson, the Deputy Commissioners of
Internal Revenue, and he has had a copy
made and fled in each department where
any of the Woods family are put awav
drawing Government salary. The CRY Is
that they must go, and the offensive par
tisaDs here intend to keep on their track
until they walk the plank.